Cold War Review
Chapter 38: Origins of the Cold War
1.
What
was the Baruch Plan? (review: UN
Atomic Energy Commission) Why did the Soviet Union oppose the US plan?
2.
What
were the goals of the Soviet Union and the United States at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences?
3.
What
is the policy of containment?
4.
What
is the Iron Curtain? What did
it represent?
5.
What
is the main objective of the Truman
Doctrine?
6.
What
was the objective of the Marshall Plan?
7.
Why
did the US send troops and aid to Turkey and Greece?
Chapter 39: The Cold War Expands
8.
What
is NATO? What is their
objective?
9.
What
was the Berlin Blockade? How
did the United States respond?
10.
What
happened in China in 1949?
11.
Why
did the US get involved in Korea?
12.
What
was the outcome of the Korean War?
13.
Describe
the policy of deterrence.
Chapter 40: Fighting the Cold War at
Home
14.
What
was the role of the House Un-American
Activities Committee?
15.
Explain
the role of blacklists.
16.
Who
were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
What happened to them?
17.
Who
was Senator Joseph McCarthy?
18.
Explain
“McCarthyism” and its role in
society.
19.
Who
was Bert the Turtle? What did
he teach children to do?
20.
What
was the role of the Federal Civil
Defense Administration?
